embassador to united nation.with 175 million twitter customers embassador rice told us the obama administration sees social media as a political player. >> it's been a big form of communication and social mobilization in egypt and elsewhere. >> reporter: a statement e- mailed to us from twitter says quote, along with the rest of the world we're watching closely as the events in egypt develop. at the social media strategy summit in san francisco today, entrepreneurs and analysts talk about the movement. now before president mubarak's speech this afternoon, facebook users some of them posted a count down clock marking time till his exit after he said he would stay in power until september. twitter filled with twitts and anger. >> we will continue to follow the quickly unfolding events in egypt both here on the air and online, our web address is ktvu.com. >>> we have breaking news out of san francisco at this hour. a protest we told you about just a few minutes ago. news chopper 2 is over the hyatt regency at the em

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moammar gadhafi's embassador accused him of declaring war on his people. 600-miles to the east, celebrations now in the hands of anti-moammar gadhafi protesters. 600 people may have been killed there. signs tonight that the end might be near the end of moammar gadhafi's rule. catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >>> dry weather the next couple of days, rain will be back later this we >>> authorities are investigating graffiti messaging threatening president obama and jerry brown. the messages stated that both men must die. >>> from medwood city to oakland, we have crews all over the bay to bring you the news that affects your world. >> reporter: in daily city, gunfire led to a police stand off with a pair of suspects who barricaded themselves in this home. six hours into the stand off, s.w.a.t. broke a window in the home to throw a phone inside. that's when the suspects surrendered. police say they found weapons and ammunition. >> reporter: police had problems with their radios not working this weekend. officers responding to a shooting experienced heavy static and transmission problems. the city

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you certainly do not appreciate it when embassadors criticize you. the bottom line is if you were publicly engaged in criticism of mubarak, you would not have been in egypt for very long. you would not have been kicked out because of the relationship with the u.s., but you never get in the door again. what is the point of being an ambassador if you cannot get in the door? we have to lead it to the administration to make the outrageous statements that drive mubarak nuts. [laughter] or two senators schumer. it is a healthy part of our system. >> i am afraid we are out of time. i want to thank our panelists for their insights and observations. thank you, you all. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tonight, former alaskan palin, liveaarah at 11:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. our coverage of the young america's foundation continues tomorrow night with former vice president dick cheney. he is the closing speak here at this banquet marking the 100th anniversary of

you certainly do not appreciate it when embassadors criticize you. the bottom line is if you were publicly engaged in criticism of mubarak, you would not have been in egypt for very long. you would not have been kicked out because of the relationship with the u.s., but you never get in the door again. what is the point of being an ambassador if you cannot get in the door? we have to lead it to the administration to make the outrageous statements that drive mubarak nuts. [laughter] or two senators schumer. it is a healthy part of our system. >> i am afraid we are out of time. i want to thank our panelists for their insights and observations. thank you, all. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tonight, remarks from fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. then, the 100 and average three of the birth of ron reagan. then remarks from the senate floor. tomorrow, dick cheney is the featured speaker at the closing than what marking the 100 per day

embassador, avoiding problems that have surfaced on the blackwater security efforts. >> senator, we currently have 2700 security contractors. 5500, and then our police training program will require some security, as well, let's say the better part of 1000 more, and thenosci, working through dod, will also have security contractors, as well. we are very concerned, given the blackwater incident in downtown baghdad. the state department, under another person who is still on the job, did a report, outlining all of the problems that led to that tragic event, and we have taken various precautions and various modifications and reforms. the security companies have to be registered with two iraqi ministries. they are under iraqi law. we, in addition, have new as we call tcp's, them, that require a full-time state department employees to ride in every convoy. we have cameras on the vehicles to record everything that goes on. we monitor where they are. we have done special training in was of an engagement and cultural -- training in rules of engagement and cultural issues. we have not had a serious inci

>> the devotional is a good word and that is the word embassador rice used. i do not think we are attempting to reason with him beyond making the choices he faces a clear. that goes for not just khadafi -- gaddafi but those around him. the protection that keeps him in power. the support network is placing himself or herself a great risk of being held accountable in a serious way. many of them have a substantial amount of their assets frozen by the actions taken unilaterally by the united states, the announcement by the treasury and are continuinges to be felt. we ask them to reconsider their position. >> if he is delusional, is he capable of understanding the magnitude of what is happening, what the world community is requiring and requesting of him? when >> i cannot psychoanalyzes colonel gaddafi. we in the community are making clear what he needs to do with what our position is. i am sure that he and those around him understand clearly what our position is and what choices they face with this kind of united international opposition to what he is doing with